Announcement from May, 2014. National Platform for Undergraduate Genome Analysis, IMG-ACT, is Now Reorganized as GENI-ACT.

IMG-ACT (Integrated Microbial Genomes - Annotation Collaboration Toolkit) will no
longer be in operation as of June 1, 2014 (current users will have access until July
1, 2014 to download student notebooks). GENI-ACT (Genomics Education National
Initiative - Annotation Collaboration Toolkit). GENI-ACT represents an updated and
independent version of IMG-ACT, with new features added through a collaboration
with the successful GENI collaboration platform. Previous users of IMG-ACT are
encouraged to transition over to GENI-ACT.

Mission

The purpose of the Microbial Genome Annotation Network (MGAN) is to promote and
provide training in the use of the online bioinformatics platform called GENI-ACT.

Overview

The Microbial Genome Annotation Network (MGAN) is collaborating with the Genomics
Education National Initiative (GENI), Dr. Cheryl Kerfeld (University of California –
Berkley, CA) and Dr. Roy Welch (Syracuse University, NY) to provide authentic and
inexpensive research opportunities to high school and undergraduate students in
the field of microbial genome analysis. The available technology includes: 1) an
online bioinformatics toolkit called GENI-ACT that consolidates publically available
bioinformatics tools into a single platform, and 2) an online collaboration tool called
GENI that provides wet-lab resources (e.g., bacterial strains, primers and plasmids) for
functional genomics studies. With funding from NSF, MGAN provides workshops in the
use of GENI-ACT.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number 0954829. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."